India reports 11,919 fresh coronavirus cases
With 11,919 fresh cases, India”s COVID-19 tally has climbed to 3,44,78,517, while the number of active cases has gone up to 1,28,762, the Union health ministry said on Thursday.
The death count due to the viral disease has shot up to 4,64,623 with 470 more fatalities, according to the ministry’s data updated at 8 am.
The daily rise in the number of coronavirus cases has been below 20,000 for 41 straight days now and less than 50,000 fresh cases have been reported for 144 consecutive days.
The number of active cases of the infection has gone up to 1,28,762, accounting for 0.37 per cent of the total caseload, the lowest since March 2020, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.28 per cent, the highest since March 2020, the ministry said.
An increase of 207 cases in the active COVID-19 caseload was recorded in a span of 24 hours, it added.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 0.97 per cent. It has been less than two per cent for 45 consecutive days.